>* Is it common sense to try to halt the interstate shipment of bees,  

to my knowledge, no one is proposing this option
as growers are reliant on this practice to meet 
their needs for pollination services,

It does make sense to evaluate what we are risking
in regard to out of region transportation of 
commercialized bumble bees, what can be reasonably 
done to mitigate the negative impacts to indigenous
species, and work together to strategize a future to minimize ecological destablizing consequences. 

Kathy Kellison

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